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The suspect in the attempted Christmas Day bombing incident is speaking to authorities again, but some lawmakers are worried the administration’s handling of the case poses a risk to national security. Jim Lehrer speaks with experts about how the U.S. should prosecute terror suspects. Continue reading →

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of attempting to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas, entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment in Federal court Friday. Ray Suarez discusses the arraignment with Paul Egan of the Detroit News. Continue reading →

The November attack on Fort Hood and the failed plot to blow up a passenger jet on Christmas have renewed questions on how U.S. intelligence is analyzed and tracked. Judy Woodruff talks to a panel for more. Continue reading →

President Obama on Thursday outlined the intelligence missteps that failed to prevent an attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day, saying that while the incident was a systemic failure, “ultimately the buck stops with me.” Continue reading →

President Obama took responsibility for the systemic failures that allowed a terror suspect to board a plane with an explosive, saying in a statement “the buck stops with me.” Jim Lehrer talks to counter-terrorism experts and lawmakers for reaction. Continue reading →

It’s been 13 days since the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit thrust Barack Obama into the first national security crisis of his presidency. Jim Lehrer asks a panel of experts to gauge how the president is managing the situation. Continue reading →

President Obama has made closing Guantanamo Bay a top priority. Yet as Margaret Warner reports, that effort has been complicated by the failed plot by an al-Qaida group in Yemen to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas. Continue reading →

In other news, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was charged in his failed plot to blow up Flight 253 on Christmas, and U.S. drone attacks struck twice Wednesday in an al-Qaida stronghold in Pakistan, according to reports. Continue reading →

President Obama said Tuesday the U.S. had sufficient information to disrupt the Christmas Day plot to blow up a U.S. airliner, but “failed to connect the dots.” Ray Suarez interviews Chief of Staff for the National Security Council Denis McDonough about intelligence miscues. Continue reading →

President Obama told U.S. security chiefs Tuesday that an attempted airliner bomb attack was the result of a “screw up” by intelligence agencies and that he won’t tolerate it. Jim Lehrer gets reaction on the president’s remarks and U.S. efforts to fight terrorism from experts. Continue reading →